Philosophy of religion : the basics / / Richard E. Creel

• Autore: Creel Richard E. <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 210
• Soggetto topico: Christianity; Religion - Philosophy
• Classificazione: 161.1; 210
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Philosophy of Religion: The Basics; Copyright; Contents; Preface for Teachers; Acknowledgments; Introduction; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 1 What Is Religion?; 1.1 Creed; 1.2 Code; 1.3 Cult; 1.4 Community; 1.5 Toward a Definition of Religion; 1.6 Ze, Zer, Mer; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 2 Six Conceptions of God; 2.1 Experiential Sources of Concepts of God; 2.2 Six Conceptions of God; 2.3 Religious Naturalism; 2.4 Pantheism; 2.5 Panentheism (Process Theism); 2.6 Deism ; 2.7 Classical Biblical Theism is based on divine revelation2.8 Classical Philosophical Theism; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 3 Divine Attributes and Dilemmas; 3.1 What Is a Dilemma?; 3.2 Ways to Respond to a Dilemma; 3.3 Divine Attribute Dilemmas; 3.4 Proposed Solutions to the Preceding Dilemmas; 3.4.1 Unsurpassability; 3.4.2 Omnipotence; 3.4.3 Are Omnipotence and Omnibenevolence Incompatible?; 3.4.4 Immutability and Personhood; 3.4.5 Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom; 3.5 Open Theism; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading ; Chapter 4 Human Language and Talk about GodFor Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 5 Arguments about the Existence of God; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 6 The Ontological Argument; 6.1 Is Anselm's Argument Decisive?; 6.2 A Version of Duns Scotus' Ontological Argument; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 7 The Cosmological Arguments; 7.1 The First Three of "The Five Ways" of Thomas Aquinas; 7.2 Paul Edwards' Infinite Regress Argument against the Cosmological Argument ; 7.2.1 Two Criticisms of Edwards7.3 The Oscillatory Theory; 7.3.1 Criticism of the Oscillatory Theory; 7.4 The Kalam Cosmological Argument; For Reflection, Review, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 8 The Teleological or Design Arguments; 8.1 The Anthropic Principle; 8.2 The Multiverse; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 9 God and Morality; 9.1 Two Arguments from Morality for Belief in the Existence of God; 9.2 The Relation of Morality to God; 9.2.1 The Divine Command Theory; 9.2.2 Theocentric Ethics; 9.2.3 Natural Law Ethics ; For Review, Reflection, and DiscussionFor Further Reading; Chapter 10 Religious Experience and Belief in God; 10.1 The Principle of Credulity and the Rationality of Belief in God; 10.2 Religious Experience as Evidence for the Existence of God; 10.3 Toward a Cumulative Argument for God; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 11 Arguments against Belief in the Existence of God; 11.1 Evidentialism and the Burden of Proof; 11.2 Conceptual Arguments: Analysis of the Concept of God; 11.2.1 The Argument from Meaninglessness ; 11.2.2 The Arguments from Incoherence and Self-Contradiction
• Sommario/riassunto: Philosophy of Religion: The Basics offers a concise introduction to philosophy of religion, distilling key discussions and concepts of the subject to their succinct essence, providing a truly accessible entry into the subject.A truly accessible introduction to philosophy of religion for beginnersTakes a topical approach, starting with the nature of religion and moving the reader through the major concepts, explaining how topics connect and point to one anotherOffers a thorough and full treatment of diverse conceptions of God, the ontological argumen
• Titolo autorizzato: Philosophy of religion
• ISBN: 9781118619575; 1118619579; 9781118619346; 111861934X; 9781118619452; 1118619455
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960580003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New York Academy of Sciences